Hi friends,
Hope everyone’s enjoying the sunshine!
As always, all upcoming events are listed below, but this week we especially encourage folks to attend tonight’s Rosh Chodesh Iyar celebration, Friday’s Shabbatot in both Brookline and JP, and Sunday’s Darfur forum.
And, of course, feel free to take a look at our community members’ postings and new fellowship and job opportunities that we’ve posted.
Warmly,
Ben, Aaron, Sarah and Margie
Tue Apr 28: Rosh Chodesh Iyar
Tue Apr 28: Knitting Circle with Muslim American Society (MAS) Boston
Tue Apr 28: Charles River Beit Midrash
Fri May 1: Moishe/Kavod Shabbat Services and Potluck
Sun May 3: Tuning Up For the Spring — Bike Workshop
Sun May 3: Darfur — What Next? A Day of Education, Inspiration, Solidarity & Action
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Tuesday April 28th, 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Rosh Chodesh Iyar
Join us as we usher in the month of Iyar. As we transition between Passover and Shavuot, we are given this month as a period of reflection and introspection. Individually and communally, we will spend the evening concentrating on health and healing, and on the texts of our bodies, led by the lovely Lexi Light.
Veggie snack contributions are encouraged.
Please RSVP: newmoonkavod@gmail.com
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Tue, April 21st, 6pm – 8pm at Islamic Society of Boston Community Center (ISBCC) – Near Roxbury Crossing stop on Orange Line, 100 Malcolm X Boulevard, Roxbury, MA
Knitting Circle with Muslim American Society (MAS) Boston
Members of MAS Boston have invited Kavod House to join in their weekly knitting circle, titled “Stitch & Dhikr,” meaning “Stitch and Remembrance.” All genders and levels of experience welcome! Knit for someone you know, or donate your knitted item to Rosie’s Place, a Roxbury women’s shelter. Bring your own yarn and needles. Light refreshments will be served.
Kindly RSVP to Lauren Herman at lwherman@gmail.com or Jill Lofchie at jill_lofchie@yahoo.com if interested in attending.
(If you want a travel buddy, Lauren will be traveling from Cambridge/Somerville and Jill will be traveling from Brookline.)
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Tue, April 21st, 7:00pm – 8:30pm at Congregation Kehillath Israel, 384 Harvard St., Brookline, MA
Charles River Beit Midrash: Guided Jewish Text Study
Join us for guided text study, including a 30-minute lesson, and then individualized study in pairs/Chevruta. Whether you are new to Jewish study or a veteran, this is a great opportunity to learn about Jewish tradition and thought, exercise your brain, and get to know great people. Learning and free, kosher dinner begin at 7pm.
Sponsored by Cambridge Minyan, Hebrew College, Moishe/Kavod House (through a generous grant from the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel Alumni Fund), Washington Square Minyan, and Minyan Tehillah, and through a generous grant from the Young Adult Task Force of Combined Jewish Philanthropies, the Charles River Beit Midrash bridges communities from Brookline, Cambridge and beyond for serious text study dedicated to social justice issues in an open, non-denominational setting. For more information on learning and how to become involved, check out www.charlesriverlearning.org or email info@charlesriverlearning.org.
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Friday May 1st, Services at 6:30pm, Dinner at 8:00pm
Moishe/Kavod Shabbat Services and Potluck
Join us for musical services, veggie food, and great people in EITHER Jamaica Plain OR in Brookline (that is right, two services!). Joanna Lubkin will be leading in JP and Getzel Davis will be leading in Brookline.
Food assignments for this week – bring food according to your FIRST name: names beginning with A-G: Veggie Main Dish (think grains, veggies, protein) • names beginning with H-N: salad or veggie side dish • names beginning with O-S: Kosher Wine • names beginning with T-Z: Dessert.
Please RSVP to margieklein1@gmail.com for Brookline and to andrew.shawhan@gmail.com for JP with when you will join us (services, dinner, both) and what you are bringing for dinner, or if you want to make something different than in the above system. And, if you want to be assigned to bring two or more loaves of challah, let us know, since that is a special job. If you require hechsher kosher food or have other special food needs, please email either Margie or Andy so that they can work to make sure there is enough food for you.
JP details: at the home of Andy Shawhan (2 Marbury Terrace #3, JP 02130, near Stony Brook T) – please bring floor cushions if you have any.
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Sunday May 3rd, 12pm – 3pm
Tuning Up For the Spring — Bike Workshop
Getting excited that the weather is warming up? That you can breathe some fresh(er) air and get back on your bike for commuting or recreational riding? Then come to the workshops “Tuning Up For the Spring.”
The objective of this workshop is to help you learn how your bike works, how to tune-up your bike for the riding reason, and to support a community of bike riders and advocates. We’ll walk through a tune-up and then you’ll get personal support during an open bike tune-up clinic. And we’ll talk shop and eat food, too.
We will be providing pumps and tools, and ask you to bring replacement parts for your tune-up as well as any bike tools you can share with others in the workshop.
Space is limited. RSVP for “Tuning Up For the Spring Workshops” to Aaron.Desatnik@gmail.com. Learn more about the workshop below. Feel free to call (preferred) or email me with questions about the workshops or bike mechanic questions.
Bring: Your bike, bike tools (if you have any), vegetarian potluck dish, rag for cleaning your bike and clothes you can get greasy, any parts to replace on your bike.
Outline:
-Review of tune-up tactics
-Walk through basic tune-up (chain, brakes, gears, sizing, tires, alignment)
-Open shop with bike mechanic(s) on hand
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Sunday May 3rd, 3-8 PM, Andover Newton Theological School & Hebrew College, 160 Herrick Road, Newton Centre
Darfur: What Next? A Day of Education, Inspiration, Solidarity & Action
Are you looking for an opportunity to get involved in this urgent cause? Are you an activist seeking to renew your commitment? This community-wide forum will help us all deepen our knowledge of the crisis in Darfur and take purposeful action together.
• Hear from Darfuri speakers and musicians
• Meet fellow activists & movement leaders
• Learn what you can do to make a difference
Keynote speaker: Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, Chairwoman of the Save Darfur Coalition, along with a variety of educational and activist workshops.
Cost: $10, $5 for students/seniors, includes dinner (Note: all food is kosher; financial assistance is available upon request)
Register online: http://tinyurl.com/darfurconf
To learn more, please contact Rabbi Or Rose at orose@hebrewcollege.edu, 617-559-8636.
Co-Sponsors: American Islamic Congress ● Armenian Assembly of America ● Armenian National Committee of America ● Boston Theological Institute ● Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries ● Darfur Peace and Development Organization ● Darfur Rehabilitation Project ● Facing History & Ourselves ● Fur Cultural Revival ● Investors Against Genocide ● Jewish Community Relations Council ● MA Board of Rabbis ● MA Coalition to Save Darfur ● MA Council of Churches ● Moishe/Kavod House ● My Sister’s Keeper ● Physicians for Human Rights ● Project Nur ● Save Darfur Coalition ● STAND